http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=1154
QuoteThe damage done by the two incidents ran far deeper then a PR setback. Shortly after, 6 of Canada?s leading record labels quit the CRIA. According to the article, "(CRIA is) looking out for their best interest, and their best interest is multinationals that are not Canadian," said Ric Arboit, president of Vancouver-based Nettwerk Records.
Related links from the above got me to this interesting info...
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Online Rights Canada (ORC) Opposes Unwarranted Surveillance
http://www.onlinerights.ca/
Bill C-74, the Modernization of Investigative Techniques Act, would have allowed law enforcement agencies to obtain identifying information about you without a warrant. Even worse, it would have forced communications providers to build surveillance back-doors into the hardware that routes our phone calls, Internet traffic, and more. Tell the new Parliament not to erode your privacy - sign our petition today!
Fight Unwarranted Surveillance!
http://www.onlinerights.ca/get_active/lawful_access_petition/
What is Bill C-74? MORE *FRIGHTENING* DETAILS:
http://www.onlinerights.ca/learn/what_is_lawful_access/
http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=1011
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Say the government didn't fall and Bill C-74 became law. What was C-74 about and how concerned should Canadians be? Also, what are the benefits and do the pro's outweigh the cons?
Phillipa Lawson: Bill C-74, the Modernization of Investigative Techniques Act, would force communications providers to build surveillance back-doors into the hardware that routes our phone calls, Internet traffic, and more. At the same time as increasing surveillance capacity, it would allow law enforcement agencies to obtain certain identifying information about internet and phone subscribers (name, address, telephone number, email address, IP address) without a warrant.
Canadians should be concerned because this would increase state surveillance capacity while removing a legal safeguard designed to protect us from unjustified surveillance.
In short: if the "law enforcement" dudes and dudettes don't like what you're doing (e.g. voicing an opinion they don't like, we're not China but it's just a matter of degrees...) then you can have a warrantless tapping, or worse, against you. ...Kinda a violation of privacy...
( Blech, full text of the late Bill (http://www.parl.gc.ca/38/1/parlbus/chambus/house/bills/government/C-74/C-74_1/C-74-4E.html) )
*NOTE* Bill C-74 went bye-bye when the Conservatives won the election, however the issue hasn't gone away so who knows what equivalent law will be suggested and/or implemented!? Reading the details above (especially http://www.onlinerights.ca/learn/what_is_lawful_access/ ) gives you an idea how easy it is for the legislators and judicial officials in a "free, representative democracy nation" to justify violating the liberties of peaceful individuals, in order to allegedly "protect" their security. Just look down south. :(
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"How can anyone justify sacrificing liberty in the name of 'security'? What is the point of being 'safe (http://www.psepc-sppcc.gc.ca/media/nr/2005/nr20051115-en.asp)' in the enjoyment of your freedom' if you don't have any freedoms left to enjoy? If you only want security, try a jail cell!"
- my paraphrase of some wisdom from an unknown source.